Moving Clients from Rigidity to Flexibility: “Perfecting” the Art of Being Open
Pricing
Information
Date & Time
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Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Define and explain at least two disorders marked by excessive self-control (overcontrol), including cognitive and behavioral inflexibility, heightened vigilance, perfectionism, and social aloofness.
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Identify at least three overcontrolled coping mechanisms.
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Describe how to help clients recognize their patterns (e.g., inhibited, or disingenuous emotional expression, avoidance behaviors, compulsive structuring, planning, and fixing) to foster awareness and promote change.
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Explain emotional loneliness as a consequence of low openness and challenges in effective social signaling.
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Identify and discuss two intervention strategies from Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy to foster openness and flexibility in clients.
Educational Goal
The educational goal of this workshop is to increase understanding of rigid patients and how to treat them.
Description
This workshop will inform the audience about overcontrolled/rigid mental health patients. We will review their coping mechanisms while examining the consequences and discussing intervention strategies available through Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Physician
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Presenters
In collaboration with the University of Cincinnati & TPN.health.
Dr. Dowdy is Lindner Center of HOPE’s Chief of Psychological Services and Clinical Director of Outpatient Services and Associate Professor of Clinical-Geo for University of Cincinnati. He directs the psychologists, neuropsychologists, and therapists who provide services throughout the Center. Dr. Dowdy provides leadership of the Center’s outpatient Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT) programs. He also provides executive leadership for the Center’s residential services.
Dr. Dowdy is an expert in motivational interviewing and works with adults and adolescents who struggle to maintain lasting changes. He specializes in helping those who struggle to launch from home, as well as helping their families navigate the complexities of mental health and substance use disorders. Dr. Dowdy is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). He provides Motivational Interviewing training throughout the Midwest focused on helping health care professionals become more effective agents of change. In addition, Dr. Dowdy frequently works with Executives to address substance use, mental health, and stress-related issues that interfere with work and leadership performance.
Prior to joining Lindner Center of HOPE, Dr. Dowdy served as a Clinical Administrator at Summit Behavioral Healthcare in Cincinnati, Ohio, directing an inpatient group therapy program. Dr. Dowdy also served as a staff psychologist for Summit Behavioral Healthcare, providing individual and group psychotherapy, conducting psychological assessments and competency to stand trial evaluations, as well as coordinating the training program for doctoral psychology students.
Dr. Dowdy also spent several years as a Clinical Coordinator at a local community mental health center. In this capacity, Dr. Dowdy provided psychological services for children, adolescents, adults, families and couples. Also within this role, he was a forensic evaluator for Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center.
Financially Sponsored By
- Lindner Center of Hope